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GUARD FOR WASH BOARDS. v N0.-333,316. Patented 1360.29, 1885.

. NITED STATES FRIEDRICH MARSGHNER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

GUARD FOR WASH-BOARDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,316, dated December 29, 1885.

Application filed May 23, 1885. Serial No. 166,518. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRIEDRICH MARSCHNER, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Guards for IVash-Boards, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a washboard with my guard attached. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the guard, showing the top rail of the board in dotted lines. Fig. 3 illustrates the board in a wash -tub and my guard in place on the board. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of the guard, illustrating the manner of attaching the springs.

My invention is an improved guard for attachment to the top rail of an ordinary frame of a wash-board to protect the clothes of the user from water and suds, which would in the absence of the guard be splashed over the top rail of the board.

My invention consistsin features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a wash-board of any suitable construction or form, and having the usual top rail or strip, B.

0 represents the guard connected to the top rail by brackets D, which are hinged to the guard and which hook over the rail, as shown. I have shown the brackets connected to the guards by screws or pins I passing therethrough and into the guard. (See Fig. 4.) The guard when in its natural position is held in line with the rail by springs J ,coiled around the screws or pins I, and made fast at their outer ends to the brackets by fitting in holes in the bracket at L. Their other ends engage the guard at N, and the springs thus hold the guard upright, as shown in Fig. 1, and by dotted lines, Fig. 3, except when the operator shoves against it in the act of washing, when it will yield and assume an inclined position, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and the guard will thus be pressed forward by and follow the person of the operator back, preventing the water and suds being splashed against the clothes of the operator. The water and suds that splash against the guard run down into the washboard. The guard is notched at each end at O to receive the side rails of the board. The brackets have shoulders P, against which the guard bears when in. its natural position, so as not to press against the top rail, B, and prevent its easy removal by being simply lifted off.

I do not wish to confine myself to the form of springs shown and described.

I claim as my invention 1. A guard for wash-boards, comprising a board, 0, and brackets D, having hooks for engaging the top rail of a wash -board, the board Oand brackets D being hinged together, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a guard, 0, having side-rail openings 0, and brackets D, having hooks forming top-rail openings, the guard being hinged to the brackets, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a guard, O, and brackets D, formed with shoulders P, formingstops to limit the movement of the guard, and provided with hooks for engaging the top rail of the wash-board, the guard being hinged to the brackets, substantially as set forth.

4. In combination with the wash-board, the guard, brackets hinged to the guard, and having hooks to engage the top rail of the board, and projections or shoulders P, and springs J, all arranged and operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

FRIEDRICH MARSGHNER.

In presence of- GEO. H. KNIGHT, SAML. KNIGHT. 

